Bottle-washer.



PATENTED JUNE 4, 1907.

H. 0. VOG EL. BOTTLE WASHER; APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 29. 1906.

. ulronww Wi humus UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. VOGEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-WASH E R.

N 0. 855,912. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 4, 1907.

. LJPLCLLLJA lied gaptember 29. 1906. Serial NO- 336,712.

TO If 7/ (BO/$067711! j 1 designates an upright or standard on one Be itknown that I, HENRY C. VOGEL, a side of the machine to which isadjustably citizen of the United States, residing in the secured thelower plate 2, which supports the city and county of Philadelphia, Stateof bottles and in which are a plurality of open- Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useings adapted to receive the mouth of the botfulBottle-Washer, of which the following is a tle and through whichopenings the pipes, specification. which lead to or are connected with asuitable My invention relates to bottle cleaning or source of supply,discharge the water or other washing machines and consists of means forcleansing fluid into the bottle. adjusting the same for various sizedbottles. 3 designates one of the collars which sup- It further consistsof novel details of conport the plate 2 and which are mounted onstruction, all as will be hereinafter fully set the standards 1. Passingthrough said colforth. lar is a rack 4 which extends upwardly adj a-Figure 1. represents a side elevation of an cent the standard 1 and isprovided with a attachment for bottle washing machines scale 5,indicating at what point it is neceswhereby various sized bottles may beacc0msary that the parts be situated in order to acmodated. Fig. 2represents a vertical seccommodate the various sized bottles. tionalview thereof. Fig. 3 represents a side 6 designates a second elevationof the device taken from the left of mounted on the standard 1 Fig. 1.Fig. 4 represents a sectional view on journaled a pinion 7, which line93-50, Fig. 3. therewith, a rod 8 having a Similar numerals of referenceindicate corthereon, said responding parts in the figures. of the rack4.

Referrin to the drawings :My invention 10 designates a movable sleeveslidable on is designed for quickly and expeditiously adthe standard 1and to which is connected one justing the bottle holding means of awashing end of a spring 11, the opposite end of which machine and ismore particularly adapted for is connected with the collar 6, in orderthat use with those machines which are known as said sleeve and collarare normally held in the Eick as shown in Letters Patent No. contact.463,360, dated November 17, 1891, but it will 12 designates the topplate of the bottle be evident that the same can be applied to holdingmeans which is carried by the sleeve other types of machines and thatwhile I have 10 and upon the upper surface of which bears shownmechanism for carrying out my ina cam 13 which is connected by means ofa vention, other instrumentalities may be emcollar 14 with a rod 15, theends of which are ployed for accomplishing the same result. In situatedin suitable recesses 16 in the collars the Eick machine, as now on themarket, 6 at each side of the machine. it is necessary that hooks beused for holding 17 designates the operating lever connectthe upperplate of the bottle holders in eleed with the'rod 15. vated positionwhile the parts are adjusted The operation of the device will be readilyto accommodate the different sized bottles. seen: When it is desired towash bottles, say This operation takes some time and is not of sixinches, the collar 6 is adjusted by rotatalways accurate. ing the handwheels 9 until the said collar is In the present invention I am enabled,by situated at a suitable point upon the scale simply turning the handwheels to adjust the 5, at which time the collar can be set at thisupper plate, so that between it and the lower point by the set scew 18.The bottles 19, plate the various sized bottles may be acted which maybe carried in a suitable rack or upon. other means, are placed betweenthe bottom In thedrawingsIhave omitted, for the sake plate 2 and theupper plate 12, the distance of clearness and because they form no partof between these plates being slightly greater my invention, the greaterportion of the botthan the size of the bottle. As soon as they tlewashing machine and have shown but one are in position, the operatinghandle 17 is opstandard used in said machines, although it erated in thedirection indicated by the arwill be understood that in other machinesrow, Fig. 3, when the bottles will be clamped there are two standardsand the same mechbetween the two plates and the washanism, as Ihaveshown and described, for one ing of the bottles occur. By releasing thestandard is placed upon the other standard. handle 17 the bottles can beremoved from and in which is has connected hand wheel 9 pinion 7 meshingwith the teeth collar movably IIO connection with said collar, a rack,

between the plates, it being understood that the cam 13 is actuated whenthe lever or handle 17 is operated in order to press down the upperplate 12, which thus overcomes the tension of the spring 11, causing, bya slight movement, the upper plate to engage the bottle. If a differentsized bottle, for example, a seven inch bottle, is to be washed byturning the hand wheels 9 until the collar 6 is at the proper place onthe scale, the space between the upper plate 12 and the lower plate 2will be suitable for this size bottle when the handle 17 is againoperated for clamping the bottles.

It will be understood by rotating the hand wheels 9 on each side of themachine that the pinions 7 are rotated and travel on the racks 4carrying with them the collars 6 and sleeves 10 so that the upper plate12 is caused to aproach or move away from the lower plate 2.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and. desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of thecharacter described, a standard, a collar movablethereon, one portion of a bottle-holding means in suitable the remainingportion of the bottle clamping means connected with said rack, and meanscarried by said collar engaging with said rack whereby said collar canbe adjusted on said standard.

2. In a device of the character described, a standard, a collar movablethereon, one portion of a bottle holding means in suitable connectionwith said collar, a rack, the remaining portion of thebottle-clampingmeans connected with said rack, a pinion carried by said collar engagingwith said rack whereby said collar can be adjusted on said. standard.and means carried by said collar for engaging the portion of the bottleclamping means carried by said collar.

3. In a device of the character described, a standard, a collar movableon said standard, a rack, means carried thereby adjustable on saidstandard and serving as the bottom portion of the clamping means, apinion carried by said collar meshing with said rack, whereby saidcollar can be adjusted, a sleeve, a plate carried by said sleeve servingas one portion of a bottle clamping means and a yielding deviceconnecting said collar and sleeve. I

4. In a device of the character described, a standard, a collar movableon said standard, a rack, means carried thereby adjustable on saidstandard and serving as the bottom of the clamping means, a pinioncarried by said collar meshing with said rack, whereby said collar canbe adjusted, a sleeve yieldingly connected with said collar, a platecarried by said sleeve serving as one portion of a bottle clampingmeans, the collar and contacting with said plate for moving the same.

5. In a device of the character described, a standard, a collar movableon said standard, a rack, means carried thereby adjustable on saidstandard and serving as the bottom portion of the clamping means, apinion carried by said collar meshing with said rack, whereby saidcollar can be adjusted, a sleeve yieldingly connected with said collar,a plate carried by said sleeve serving as one portion of a bottleclamping means, and a cam connected with the collar and contacting withsaid plate for moving the same.

' 6. In a device of the character described,

a standard, a collar movable on said standard, a rack, means carriedthereby adjustable on said standard and serving as the bottom portion ofthe clamping means, a pinion carried by said collar meshing with saidrack, whereby said collar can be adjusted, a sleeve yieldingly connectedwith said collar, a plate carried by said sleeve serving as one portionof a bottle clamping means, a cam connected with the collar andcontacting with said plate for moving the same and a lever for operatingsaid cam.

HENRY c. VOGEL.

IVitnesses JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. CANER Wrnnnnsnnu.

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